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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 62326

Places a fine tube into the space just outside the covering of the spinal cord in the lower back or tailbone area, so numbing or anti-inflammatory medicine can be given continuously or in repeated doses rather than as a single shot. It is used to control pain over a period of time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back cost?

$2,449

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,449 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$107 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,023 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,677Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $89 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in New York than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$2,449

$158 physician + $2,291 facility

NY $2,820ND $362

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.